St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-28

uNtly llllle alOng the line unUll early Ill
the morning, but no casualties were re-
ported. About a score of Minnesota
men acted as peacemakers and
venting the only possible dis
graceful scene of the camp thus far.
The Minnesota boys have been in camp
for week and have won daily encomi-
umS from fellOw-soldierS, officers of
other commands and visitors generally.
They have presented most sOldierly
appearance, and their conduct outside
as we'll as inside camp has been in every
sense praisewOrthy. Every man in the
ranks has echoed the sentiment of Lieut..
Ames, namely, that the honor and credit
of the state, as well as the reputation of
the cities, must be upheld by the citizen
Soldiery. Besides. as Capt. Amory says:
"Our cities have been kind and conSid-
crate in all matters which interest the
companies, and so long as we deserve
their respect we will have their support
and encouragement" Remarking upon
the same subject Capt. Bean said: "YOu
must have noticed that our boys are
RIVALS, BUT FRIENDS.
They always remember that they are
in camp under military orders. Not one
of the men of either Minnesota com
panieS ever passes an officer, no matter
what his rank, nor what command he
belongs to, without giving him a mill
tary salute. This afternoon, One+of the
privates of Company A passed a colored
officer of a Virginia company, and
Saluted him promptly and in Soldier-like
manner. You may have seen some of
the men down town on leave, too, but
you have never seen one of them with
his coat unbuttened; no matter how hot,
the weather. OF course | wouldn't
speak invidiouSly of any particular
company or individual, but | will say
that the members of these two cOmpan-
les are the only soldiers in this camp
who always remember the little ciyili-
ties and courtesieS mentioned" Inquiry
of LieutS. Metz and Taylor elected the
fact that not one of the Minnesota men
has been in the guard house for any
offense whatever. Others have been
places have dallied with the wine when
it was red in the cup, and it bit them
and Out-witted them, and tangled their
legs and tongues. while it ratified their
brains. The cities as well as the entire
state will be proud of the boys, as well
about these little things as about their
drill standing. The boys have stamped
themselves gentlemen and are bearing
and wearing the title nobly and truly. Re-
ferring to the published statement that
his company was too far away from the
grand stand to be seen and applauded
CAPT. AAIoRY SAYS:
My company came here to win
prize if possible, and not to win ap-
plauSe. When we want to hear cheer
ing and clapping of hands, we do not
need to travel so far to receive that
need. The people at home most gen
erously applaud all of our efforts. So,
when took my company into the drill
ground for competitive drill, i did it
with the intention of showing the
judges our best efforts. put my men
through the manual and the necessary
man9uvreS on the best ground in the
enclosure. l considered the credit of
my company and the home people
rather than the evanescent crowd on the
stand which might as likely
deride an error. and diScouT-
age as applaud successful eff
fort. In fact. the crowd was not con-
sidered at all. The judges were nom
committal, of course, but | saw plainly
that they were pleased with us. The
only thing that was not satisfactory
either to myself or to my men was the
firing by volleys with blank cartridges.
That is something we are not accus-
toned to do. We have usually gone
through the drill without cartridges.
That, believe, has usually been Gus
tomary at competitive drills. When we
were ordered to fire vOlleys with blank
knew that the men would do it credit
ably, and they did. But, inasmuch as
we had never practiced that way, we
did not Of course do as well as
other companies have done, who have
been trained to that duty. LIDO not eX-
pect, and did not expect when | came,
that our boys would take the first prize.
But did expect and | now expect that
we will not be left entirely. We are
simply determined to make good
record for ourselves III the field and in
the city, and our people will be satisfied
with us if we do our best. We are COM
peting with crack companies, old prize
winners, and do not expect to do the
greatest things on the ground; hence we
have been modest in our claims and eX-
pectati0nS. But l want it thoroughly
understood that in choosing the ground
which did for our competitive drill l
made no mistake. The people on the
grand stand may have been disap-
pointed, but we are not here SO much to
please them as to please our home folks
by doing our best in camp" ~, ,n.- F'
Between half past and o'clock
COMPETITIVE BATTALION DRILL :"
took place, in which the Rhode: Island, },
the Louisville legion and the Washing
ton light infantry, ninety-siX men each,
participated. The practice throughout
was pronounced good by competent
divided as to the respective merits of
the three organizations. Following the
drill of the Louisville men their
drum corps performed an interlude
of a novel character--a silent
drill. By far the most enter
tanning feature OF the days pa
geantry was the individual competitive
drill-conducted Oh the country spelling
match principle-whichc came. next after
the battalion competition. The sixty
competitors were selected men, two
from each company. At the very outset
the line was broken by the judges who
retired eight men for a failure to place
their pieces against their toes at ''Order
arms" The drill was exceedingly Sc
we're. Four keen-eyed army officers
were Oh the look out for errors. Traps
and pitfalls were set for the unwary,
and orders came thicker and more alb
ruptly as the work went on. The eX-
citement rose to fever heat when only
four men were left standing, to three of
whom the prizes must fall. A BeIknap
rlf1emen was the first OF these to go
down, and the final struggle then lay
between San Antonio rifeman,
Washington Light infantryman and a
sergeant of the Louisville legion. The
eyes of the judges detected petty mis-
takes on the part of the two latter, and
they directed the handsome, Well-built
Texan to step forward as the l.
WINNER OF THE FIRST PRIZE.
The contest between the remaining
two resulted in giving the second prize
to the Washingtonian and the third to
the Louisville man. The victOrs are: ::